Obituaries

  • Mary Hagan Volga

    Mary Hagan Volga

    Mary Hagan ended her journey at Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown on Nov. 15, 2023. No local services are being planned. Mary Virginia Hagan (Degnan) began her journey in St Louis Missouri on Christmas Eve of 1937. She was born of the marriage of Virginia Mamie Degnan (Foster) and William…


  • Joyce Doop – Brookings

    Joyce Doop – Brookings

    Joyce E. Doop, 89, passed away on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, at the Brookings hospital surrounded by her family. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at Rudes Funeral Home in Brookings, SD. A visitation will be held one hour prior from 12 to…


  • Danielle Marie Karber of Brandon

    Danielle Marie Karber of Brandon

    Danielle M. Karber, 53, Brandon, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at the Dougherty Hospice Home in Sioux Falls.A celebration of her life will begin with visitation at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, at Celebration United Methodist Church, Brandon, and a service at noon. A lunch will follow. Brett asks that…


  • Edmund Joe Jacobsen – Renner

    Edmund Joe Jacobsen – Renner

    Edmund Joe Jacobsen, 78, passed away on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023 , unexpectedly at his home near Renner, SD. A Mass of Christian Burial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Brookings, SD. A Visitation will be held the…


  • James Jim McKnight – Brookings

    James Jim McKnight – Brookings

    James Jim H. McKnight, DVM age 86 of Brookings, passed away at the Brookings Emergency Room on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Visitation will be from 5-6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at Eidsness Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Eidsness Funeral…


  • Patricia Kratochvil Brookings

    Patricia Kratochvil Brookings

    Patricia M. Kratochvil, age 72, of Brookings, SD, passed away surrounded by the love of her family on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, from complications due to ALS-Lou Gehrigs Disease. Visitation will be Sunday, Nov. 19, from 2 – 5 p.m. at Rudes Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held…


  • Leroy Crapser – Sinai

    Leroy Crapser – Sinai

    Leroy A Crapser, age 77, of Sinai passed away on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, at Ava Hospice in Sioux Falls, SD, with his niece at his side. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Rudes Funeral Home in Brookings, SD. Burial will be at First…


  • Phyllis E. Coombes – Watertown

    Phyllis E. Coombes – Watertown

    Phyllis E. Coombes, age 95 of Watertown, SD, formerly of Clear Lake, SD, passed away Monday, Nov. 6, 2023 at Jenkins Living Center in Watertown.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel in Watertown.Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday,…


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